Stainless
15.-16.5. 2019

International Stainless Steel Fair

Quotes about the fair

Deven Choudhary, export and executive, Divine Tubes, IndiaWe came to
exhibit in Brno for the first time since we
started production of seamless pipes and we want to introduce them to customers
in Europe. I think this is an excellent fair
for Eastern Europe, a region where trade will continue to grow in the future
and may be more interesting for us than the market in Western
Europe, which slows down and where there is too much competition.
People coming to our stand are serious candidates with whom we can discuss our
products and quality of supply. We are satisfied here. The organization is
perfect, we only lack one thing - vegetarian food.

Tomáš Rýpar, executive, Schwer Fittings, ČR:We are
here on a regular basis, so I can compare and I must say that I like this
year’s STAINLESS most of all past years, whether they were in Brno
or earlier in Ostrava.
It is the biggest one so far and we received the most visitors, real
candidates, and possibly future customers. The organization and service are
still as good, but in terms of the size of the fair and visit it is really an increase.
I am very satisfied.

Izabella Suchorzynska, manager of marketing and sales development, Nova
Trading, Poland:Our
company has been present at this show since the first run in Ostrava, where we were the main partner, and
each year we present at a larger stand. This year we doubled the area from two
years ago. We meet with a lot of our clients, suppliers and business partners
here, we hold negotiations with them and we are really very busy during the two
days. It is a relatively small fair for the Brno Exhibition Centre, but a big
event for our industry. People who mean something in stainless steel come here
from all over the world, and it is a very useful opportunity for our company because
we do not waste time travelling the world, we meet them all in one place. It is
the most interesting event for us and we will not miss it in two years’ time.

Sameer Gathani, president of sales
& marketing, Ambica Steels, India:We
participate in this exhibition for the first time. We have customers throughout
Europe and we want to strengthen our trade
relations, better understand the situation on the local market and also
establish contacts with the end users. I think that STAINLESS Brno is a successful event and we should
return in two years to affirm our presence in the European market.

Ivan
Valach, sales, 1. Miroslavská strojírna, ČR:It is our
fourth time at STAINLESS, and a lot of customers come to our stand, so we are
satisfied. Business meetings which we're having here are practical. We also
managed to establish many new contacts with foreign partners, which we did not
expect, for example on the Polish market where we've never supplied before. But
the main thing for us is the opportunity to meet with existing customers.
STAINLESS fulfils what we expect from it, and so we return here each time.

Maciej Kowalewski,
head of marketing, ThyssenKrupp, Poland:We're here
every two years, because this is one of two industry exhibitions in Europe and the most important market for the
Eastern-European market. It is mainly a meeting of distributors and manufacturers;
we meet with our customers, suppliers and all trading partners here with whom
we can discuss the current market. Occasionally we acquire some new contacts, we
discussed with partners from China
and India,
but some 90 per cent are people whom we already know in our business. However, that
it is very important for us, because we can hold a lot of meetings with
virtually all relevant partners in a single location without travelling a long
distance. One can see that the fair is growing, and we are also happy with the
number of visitors, especially the first day was very hectic for us.

Dietmar
Lang, authorized sales agent, Voß
Edelstahlhandel, Austria:We have been here since the very beginning, because this is a very
important trade fair for our company. We meet a lot of customers from the Czech
and Slovak Republic
here, but also from Austria,
Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovenia and other countries. They
all come here to obtain information about the stainless steel market. I like
the fair, although it seems a little calmer in comparison with the past years,
I see the less people, which is perhaps also due to a larger hall. But when it
comes to the negotiations that we have conducted, we are really satisfied.

Franziskus
Bagusat, commercial manager, ChromiumTrade, Switzerland:We first
exhibited in Brno
two years ago, we were very satisfied and this year we returned with a much
larger stand. It's a fantastic fair, a small one, but very specifically
targeted. People come here from afar and know why; we can speak with them very
specifically. STAINLESS Brno is very important
for us, we meet a lot of very good customers and a number of new ones from
across Europe here. I can say that I am
absolutely satisfied this year.

Milind D.
Ghumare, head of export marketing, India Steel Works, India:We are
exhibiting in Brno
for the first time. We are strongly represented on the Polish market, and we
have some interesting demand from other countries in Eastern Europe, so we have
decided that we need to be seen more here to and to introduce ourselves to
other potential customers. This fair is a good opportunity for us and we are
happy that we participated. We are satisfied with the number of customers that
we're able to reach, not only from neighbouring countries but even from Russia and Belarus. This fair is attended by
different customers than the trade fair in Maastricht, which is positive for us. We want
to be here again in two years.

Paul
Meijering, CEO, Paul Meijering Stainless Steel, Netherlands:We have
been here since the first year in Ostrava
and each time it was a trade fair where we found new business partners, but
this year is simply fantastic. We met a lot more new customers than we expected
- from Hungary, Poland, Turkey,
Germany, Italy and Switzerland. It's like a dream. On
the first day at 11 o'clock we could have gone home, how many new contacts we
had.

Tomáš
Kašpárek, Sales Representative, Italinox, ČR:We have
been here regularly and this year's attendance is really large, which is also
due to the market recovery. Two years ago our industry was still recovering
from the crisis, but we are completely satisfied this year. We can meet with all
our suppliers here in these two days, and we also established contacts with new
ones. STAINLESS Brno
is unique for us in this regard and fulfils exactly what we expect from it.